DescriptionLos Angeles has been regarded as one of the greatest boxing cities
in the world for over a century. With a large fan base, Los Angeles
has also been the home of many of the best and most exciting boxers.

In
addition, there were many boxers who were not residents of the Los
Angeles area who became popular among local fans. They included
Tommy Burns, George Godfrey, Alberto “Baby” Arizmendi, Ricardo
“Pajarito” Moreno, Jose Becerra, Raymundo “Battling” Torres, Ruben
Olivares, Jose Napoles, Carlos Zarate, Jose “Pipino” Cuevas and
Julio Cesar Chavez.

The Los Angeles
area has been the site for a number of notable bouts. In 1906, Tommy
Burns won the heavyweight title from Marvin Hart. Ad Wolgast
retained the lightweight title when he won a very controversial bout
from “Mexican” Joe Rivers in 1912. In a bout of local boxers during
2000, "Sugar" Shane Mosley won the welterweight title from Oscar De
La Hoya.

Boxing in the Los Angeles Area 1880-2005 is a
general history of the sport in Los Angeles County and features the
mentioned boxers and boxing events in a book with many great
illustrations.

Book may be purchased at
amazon.com

Tracy Callis
has been researching boxing history and the records of boxers
for 45 years and has produced rare, updated records for many
boxers. He possesses an outstanding knowledge of boxing history
and has a strong interest in boxers of all weight classes from
every historical period.

Callis is
the Director of Historical Research for The Cyber Boxing Zone (www.cyberboxingzone.com)
internet website and an Elector for the International Boxing
Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the International Boxing
Research Organization (IBRO) and a contributor to the British
Boxing Board of Control Yearbook.

In the past,
he was a contributing editor to the Ring Record Book for a
number of years and a member of the World Boxing Historians
Association (WBHA). In 2002, Tracy co-authored the book,
Philadelphia’s Boxing Heritage 1876-1976, and was a historical
consultant on the Jim Jeffries book, A Man Among Men.

Charles E.
“Chuck” Johnston developed a strong interest in boxing and its
history when Muhammad Ali made his storied comeback during the
early 1970s. While attending the University of California at
Santa Barbara in the middle 1970s, Chuck became interested in
doing research on the history of boxing with a great emphasis on
his home state of California. He would go on to find unrecorded
bouts of numerous boxers who were active from 1880 to 1945.

Chuck is a
member of the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO)
and an editor on the Boxing Records internet website (www.boxrec.com).
In the past, he was a contributing editor to the Ring Record
Book for a number of years and a historical consultant on the
Jack Johnson biography, Unforgivable Blackness, The Rise and
Fall of Jack Johnson, by Geoffrey C. Ward.